Spenja

Old Norwegian Dictionary - spenja

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "spenja" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

spenja: spenja, v. (spandi) især ved Forestillinger, Overtalelser bevæge en til at forlade detSted, den Stilling, hvori han er, for atgaa over til andet Sted, anden Stilling(ght. spanan, spanjan, mht. spenen GraffVI, 339; DGr. II, 98; mht. spenen Mhd.Wb. II, 2, 447a7 fg); hann spandi úthingat með sér Sæmund Bp. I, 1566;spenja frá e-u, til e-s Bp. I, 1124; Fm.IX, 26214. X, 29319; spenja land, liðundir sik, undan e-m Fm. VI, 3447.VII, 24818; Flat. II, 3083.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛕᚽᚿᛁᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

p.: Pagina, side.

v.: Verbum.

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